The journey to the southern most ends of the Earth to see where Charles Darwin formulated his theory of evolution as he sailed with The Beagle. There was also penguins, horses, theft, whisky coated icebergs and graves bigger than your house.

(Journey begins at first post and continues on for 14 penguin filled instalments)

In 2009, I visited Japan for the first time. It was a 4 month stay in what --2 years later-- was to become my country of residence. Rather than Sapporo, I was in Tokyo and life made no more sense whatsoever...